IBA Basketball

After three months of regular season play, the IBA Fall season playoffs are here! The top four teams will meet at the KVPD RecCenter in Kankakee, Ill. the weekend of December 13-14 in a single-elimination tournament.

Five-time IBA Champion Kankakee County Soldiers (5-6) are the fourth seed after an up-and-down campaign. The Soldiers won their season opener before dropping their next three games. After a four-game win streak Kankakee County ended the regular season losing their last three. The host team of the event, the Soldiers may find winning a sixth title difficult.

St.Louis Trotters (10-1) sat on top of the league much of the fall season before suffering a 107-101 defeat to the International Racers on November 22. A balanced attack has the veteran Trotters poised to win their first league title after finishing runner-up in the 2012-13 Fall season.

Third seeded Kenosha Ballers (8-4) are also seeking a first championship and will get an opportunity for some payback after losing both regular season matchups to St. Louis. The two played on November 1 with host Trotters coming away with a 134-126 win. The rematch on November 23 in Kenosha was a thriller with St. Louis earning a 143-142 victory. The Ballers led the IBA in team scoring averaging 137.3 ppg.

The St.Louis Trotters brought home the Spring IBA Championship last weekend. In the semi-finals the Trotters took on the #1 seed and undefeated Kenosha Ballers (10-0). The Trotters came away with a close victory 89 to 86 on the Ballers home court as they hosted the playoffs. The Trotters was led by Lonnell Johnson with 24pts Nico Reed with 18pts and Cordell Hadnot (6'7''-F, college: Xavier, LA) 16. In the finals the Trotters took on the Windy City Blazers. This was a hard fought game for... [read more]

The St.Louis Trotters brought home the Spring IBA Championship last weekend. In the semi-finals the Trotters took on the #1 seed and undefeated Kenosha Ballers (10-0). The Trotters came away with a close victory 89 to 86 on the Ballers home court as they hosted the playoffs. The Trotters was led by Lonnell Johnson with 24pts Nico Reed with 18pts and Cordell Hadnot (6'7''-F, college: Xavier, LA) 16.In the finals the Trotters took on the Windy City Blazers. This was a hard fought game for the Trotters. The Trotters was down for most of the game. Down as much as 12 points with 4 minutes left in the game. The Trotters rallied back into the game. Down 3 with .49 sec left, Milan Pepper (6'3''-G-80, college: Harris-Stowe St.) hit a 3 pointer in the corner to tie the game 107 to 107. The game went into overtime. In overtime the Trotters pulled away from the Blazers with a 16 to 9 run to finish the game with a 123 to 116 victory. The Trotters was led by Milan Pepper with 31pts Lonnell Johnson 29 and Mike Chandler 17.Courtesy of: stlouistrotters.com

Kenosha Ballers keep the perfect record in 2017 season as they improved to an 8-0 record. In the top game of the round they beat Milwaukee Falcons 115-102. Milwaukee Falcons is second with a 5-2 record.
Memphis Blues and Windy city Blazers have the same 4-3 records to share the third place. Memphis Blues overcame Peoria Panthers 125-100. Windy city Blazers meanwhile lost to Milwaukee Falcons 110-120. [read more]

Kenosha Ballers keep the perfect record in 2017 season as they improved to an 8-0 record. In the top game of the round they beat Milwaukee Falcons 115-102. Milwaukee Falcons is second with a 5-2 record.Memphis Blues and Windy city Blazers have the same 4-3 records to share the third place. Memphis Blues overcame Peoria Panthers 125-100. Windy city Blazers meanwhile lost to Milwaukee Falcons 110-120.

Two-time champion. The Kenosha Ballers won their second-straight Independent Basketball Association title today by defeating expansion team Milwaukee Falcons in Kenosha. Milwaukee entered the league playoffs as the top seed. They easily defeated the Illinois Hoopville Warriors in the semifinal 115-91 on Saturday. The host Ballers eliminated their long-time rival St. Louis Trotters 119-99 with Thomas Cobbs (6'4''-G) scoring 31 points, 10 rebounds, three assists and two steals. League MV... [read more]

Two-time champion. The Kenosha Ballers won their second-straight Independent Basketball Association title today by defeating expansion team Milwaukee Falcons in Kenosha.

Milwaukee entered the league playoffs as the top seed. They easily defeated the Illinois Hoopville Warriors in the semifinal 115-91 on Saturday.

That set up a championship game between the top two teams of the fall season. Kenosha took command in the opening quarter by outscoring the Falcons 34-15. The teams played even throughout the rest of the game with the Ballers winning 117-98.

Cobbs again led the way for Kenosha with 31 points, 18 rebounds, four assists and three steals. Bostick would pour in 30 points of his own while pulling down seven rebounds.

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